But the cause of someone's psychotic symptoms is often a mystery to police – and even to doctors at first Walking through downtown Portland, it’s not unusual to cross paths with some poor soul yelling obscenities into the air while erratically dartin ...
14 Dec 2018 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | Four generations of women in my family have sacrificed, struggled, made mistakes and endured. I owe my existence and determination to them. Great-Grandma Irma owned a trailer and the tiny plot it stood on. Over the counter between the kitchen ...
20 Jul 2018 - Dustin Dandliker
COMMENTARY | Dustin Dandliker reflects on people who touched his life in meaningful ways This series is a first-hand account of the struggles and successes of overcoming trauma, mental illness, addiction, homelessness and more. I carry with me my mom. She ...
22 Jun 2018 - Dustin Dandliker
COMMENTARY | One man's course to a better life after trauma, depression, addiction, homelessness A Crooked Path Forward This series is a first-hand account of the struggles and successes of overcoming trauma, mental illness, addiction, homelessness ...
27 Apr 2018 - Dustin Dandliker
The former ‘SNL’ Annoying Man turned Renaissance performer on comedy, mental health, and Israel Jon Lovitz was part of an iconic “Saturday Night Live Cast” in the late ’80s that included Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Dennis Miller and ...
1 Jun 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Richard Harris spent much of his working life with people addicted to various substances, and he knows about drugs and what they can do to people. So when Harris came out in support of Measure 91, which would legalize recreational marijuana use if approve ...
14 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
Mike has lived a very hard life. Challenges with mental health, addiction and living with Tourette’s syndrome have for years contributed to a life on and off the streets. Mike has been a regular at Street Roots for quite a while now. We’ve both seen each ...
12 May 2014 - Israel Bayer
One year ago, Tara Elizabeth Axmaker, high on meth, stabbed a Clackamas County acquaintance, stole a police car and led deputies on a chase that ended when she wrecked about five miles away. In October 2013, Axmaker pled guilty to first-degree assault, ag ...
21 Mar 2014 - Tara Axmaker
A lot has changed since Richard Lewis first hit the comedy scene in 1971, but Lewis’s onstage persona has stayed point-on: neurotic, obsessive and cathartically using fodder from his life on the analyst’s couch. Performance as therapy. Therapy as performa ...
15 Feb 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar